Traveler Submerged

Traveler Submerged Traveler Submerged teaches unique Diving courses, integrating Yoga, Breathwork, Meditation & Health Learn to dive with me and experience nature on a new level.

STRETCH | LEARN | DIVE | GROW

Yoga Diving: A divine union between two transformative practices. I exclusively teach and dive with Dive Systems Malta and Starfish Diving Malta—offering all my courses and guided dives through these exceptional dive centres. Be one with the ocean as we combine yoga and diving in a holistic approach that enhances your connection to the underwater world. Offerings:
- PADI Scuba Courses (Discovery to Dive Master)
- PADI Freediving Courses
- Yoga & Breathwork Workshops
- Diving Lifestyle Workshops

Diving is more than an activity; it’s a vehicle for self-exploration, growth, and transformation. Combining yoga and diving brings profound benefits—introducing stretching, breathwork, and mindfulness into every dive. With basic yoga practices, we stretch and relax the body, while pranayama breathing techniques loosen the diaphragm and teach us mindful breathing underwater. This helps to:

- Reduce air consumption
- Stay calm and relaxed in the water
- Extend dive times
- Elevate buoyancy control and overall comfort

By integrating yoga and breathwork into your diving routine, we turn every dive into a meditative experience. Let’s explore the depths together with grace, awareness, and mindfulness.

08/11/2025

Here’s how I got here:

1️⃣ After school, I spent four years studying computer systems engineering, then dropped out to work in hotels. I wanted to travel, not sit behind a desk.

2️⃣ I left my home country for remote islands and tropical jobs - the kind that pay little but give you sunsets, salt water, and a sense of freedom you can’t buy. I needed to immerse myself in other cultures, to open my mind to the world. I felt claustrophobic in my hometown bubble - like life was already mapped out, and I wanted to find my own path.

3️⃣ I never followed a traditional path. While my friends back home were doing 2nd masters, getting promotions, mortgages, and families in their twenties, I was chasing dives, stamps, and stories. And honestly, I’d do it all again.

4️⃣ At 29, I bought a small hotel in Mauritius. I was still a kid, naïve, and made every mistake you can imagine. Bad partnerships, bad timing, good lessons. I lost the hotel, but I gained direction.

5️⃣ I’ve had to start over financially twice - once after losing that business, and again after COVID wiped out everything I’d built. Each time, I rebuilt from zero - stronger and clearer on what actually matters.

6️⃣ I’m a 5star F&B manager by trade, I became a diver. A scuba and freedive instructor. Then a yoga teacher. A baby swimming teacher. An Ayurvedic lifestyle coach. A blogger. A UGC creator. A social media and digital marketing guy. Somehow, it all fits.

7️⃣ I became a dad at 41, got married at 42, and I feel like life is just beginning.

8️⃣ Now I’m a full-time stay-at-home dad, building this account for one main reason: to share my love for mindful diving - the art of slowing down, being aware, and reconnecting with the ocean, your body, and your breath.

9️⃣ I’m also working on an online course called The Mindful Diver Protocol - a journey into how awareness, breath, and body control transform the diving experience.

If you’re into mindful diving, follow me, add me to your favourites, and tap the bell - more reels coming soon.

05/11/2025

Before I moved to Malta, I’d just finished my yoga teacher training in Nepal. I wasn’t sure what came next - I just knew I wanted to stay close to the water, and far away from hotels.

A few weeks later, I signed up for a local cleanup dive, collected my tank from and the owner, Simon, noticed on my reg form that I was a dive instructor. He smiled and said, “What are you doing this summer? Want to teach again?”

That moment changed everything.

I worked with Dive Systems for two years - teaching, guiding, learning.

And even after stepping away from full-time instructing, I’ve stayed close, helping with their websites and marketing ever since.

Because loyalty’s easy when the people are good.

And these are some of the best.

Professional, humble, and completely obsessed with doing things the right way - Dive Systems has been a pioneer in the Diving Industry in Malta since 1978, and isn’t just a dive centre.

It’s a place built by divers, who actually care.

I’ve seen hundreds of students walk through their doors - nervous, excited, curious - and leave more confident, calmer, more aware. That’s what real training does.

So when people ask why I still dive with them after all these years, the answer’s simple: they’re family.

They were there when I needed a new direction, and somehow, they supported me and became my way forward.

Forever grateful to Simon, Lexi and the team - and to the universe for the nudge that brought me here.

👉 If you’re coming to Malta to dive, go see

You’ll understand what I mean.

28/10/2025

My name is Robin, you might not know me - but I spent 20 years chasing the wrong version of success.

It took walking away from a luxury hotel career to realise the ocean was the only place I actually felt free.

I left a high-paying career to become a dive instructor.

Best decision of my life - and also the one that completely broke me (at first).

For 20 years I worked in luxury island hotels and resorts.

Five-star everything, perfect uniforms, endless pressure.

It looked like success - but inside, I was done.

The only thing that ever made sense was the ocean.

So I quit.

Traded the boardroom for a wetsuit, the briefcase for a BCD.

And for a while, it was perfect… until I realised diving doesn’t pay.

Most instructors barely scrape by - almost every cent goes back into gear, courses, and the next certification.

I went back to hotels with my tail between my legs.

But something inside me had changed. I couldn’t go back to chasing titles when I knew what freedom felt like underwater.

That’s when I found digital marketing.

I started sharing my dives again, learning how to film, edit, and tell stories.

Now, my GoPro funds my passion.

I dive once a week, spend my days with my daughter, and make an income that grows online - not in an office.

All from the same camera I used to treat like a toy.

That’s why I created the GoPro Cheatsheet - a free guide showing divers how to film better, capture stories that connect, and finally turn passion into purpose.

💬 Comment “GoPro” and I’ll send it to you directly.

🎥 Follow for mindful diving, underwater storytelling, and the path to real freedom - on and below the surface.

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Welcome to Traveler Submerged

Good day lovely people,

Welcome to Traveler Submerged! If you’ve found your way to this page, you’ve probably found me on instagram, visited my travel blog or seen some of my photography. Allow me to introduce myself...

My name is Rob, I’m a South African guy in my mid thirties, and over the last decade i’ve been on one hell of a ride, having lived and worked on various islands between East and West Africa. From the remote island’s of Sao Tome e Principe off the coast of Gabon to the dream destination of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

I’ve worked in various hospitality fields from running food and beverage departments for top 5 star hotels and resorts, service consulting for restaurants to running a scuba center and even owning my own boutique guest house in Mauritius. I now find myself living in the vibey, ultra cool coastal city of Cape Town, South Africa where I work for one of the major online hotel booking sites.